The man then approached their car, tapped on the window, and claimed to be a member of the Gloucester Police Department – he told them they had had too much to drink and should not be driving. They asked for his credentials, which he did not present but he then took a photo of their car.

Two elderly residents found themselves entangled in a bizarre series of events after eating dinner at Bia’s the village on Sunday night (Aug. 10). They observed a man inside the bar chatting up the bartender and when they left the establishment saw the same man in the bushes where they suspected he had been relieving himself, police said.

The man then approached their car, tapped on the window, and claimed to be a member of the Gloucester Police Department – he told them they had had too much to drink and should not be driving. They asked for his credentials, which he did not present but he then took a photo of their car.

Later that evening police responded to a call from the Red Lion Inn where the same man, who was sitting on the side porch with a pizza box, claimed to have been hit by the 2012 Lexus the couple was driving.

The man is 26 and had a Maine license but lives in Gloucester and was staying at the Inn, police said. He had no visible injuries and no tears to his clothing. Police also wondered why he waited to report the accident. Investigation also revealed he had never been a police officer in Gloucester. He smelled of alcohol and had delayed speech, police said. He denied allegations that he had approached the couple and they denied his allegation that their car had struck him.